MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
developments in
digital education technology make it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
These massive online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are quite a few
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
now that online education technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can participants
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Macedonia to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
get a handle on
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
demand
to grasp how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
participants
want
to better perceive
these
fascinating new open education
ventures.
Public servants want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
expanding
desideratum for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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